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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement

VOLUME II ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1912

Transcribed by Sharon Elijah October 5, 2020

Of Teutonic parentage on both sides of the family, Charles P. Reinhart of Carroll has in his business affairs shown those traits of energy and persistence which are so conducive to success. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, July 11, 1875, son of Martin and Barbara (Schuler) Reinhart, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father came to America in 1846 and engaged in farming at Kickapoo, Illinois. In 1882 he removed to Sheridan township, Carroll county, Iowa, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land which he gradually improved. In 1895 he retired at Carroll where he is now living, having arrived at the age of seventy-eight. The beloved wife and mother is seventy-seven years old. She and her husband are both devout members of the Catholic church. The grandparents on paternal side came to America in 1846 and also settled at Kickapoo, Illinois. Grandmother Reinhart lived to be more than ninety years of age and her husband died at the age of eighty-eight. Grandfather Schuler on the maternal side died in Germany at the age of forty-five, but his wife survived him many years and passed away when she was about seventy years of age. They had two daughters, Barbara and Mary. Ten children were born to Martin and Barbara Reinhart, namely: Theressa, now the wife of Joseph Nader of Kickapoo, Illinois; John, of Anthon, Iowa; Joseph, of Wagner, South Dakota; Tony, of Denver, Colorado; Martin, of Mount Carmel, Iowa; Frank, who died at the age of forty-two years; Maude, wife of Ed O’Toole of Carroll, Iowa; George, of Sioux City, Iowa; Charles P., the subject of this review; and Louis, who died in 1900 at the age of twenty-three years.

Charles P. Reinhart was reared upon this father’s farm and received his education in the district and parochial schools. He taught school in the country for four years and then entered the service of the Northwestern Railway, in which he continued a year and a half. After giving up railroading he rented a farm for two years, and then in 1908 began in his present business as dealer in tobacco and cigars with billiards and pool in connection. Under his energetic management the place has grown to be one of the most popular of the kind in the city and he is securing substantial financial returns.

On the 9th day of June, 1909, Mr. Reinhart was united in marriage to Miss Mary Miller, a native of Arcadia, Iowa. Her parents were early settlers at Arcadia and her mother died there in 1896 at the age of thirty-two years. The father is still living and makes his home at Arcadia. Mr. Reinhart and his wife were reared in the Catholic church and are sincere believers in its teachings. Socially, he is well known, being a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Politically, he is connected with the democratic party. He was a candidate for county recorder in 1906 but failed of election. Being a man of pleasing address and genial disposition he has made many friends in Carroll and vicinity.

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